KEYBOARD

MOUSE

create dot and select it (or alt key if this causes a popup menu for you)

right

click

control + shift

anywhere

create dot and create a line between it and other currently selected dot (or control + alt if this causes a popup menu for you)

Item Selection

any selection gesture

shift

item

cumulative select

left

click

item

select item

left

click and drag

open space

select dots contained in selectangle

left

click and drag

control

open space

select shapes of dots contained in selectangle

left

click

open space

deselect all

left

double click

dot

select all contiguous dots

left

double click

line or face

select all contiguous lines and faces

left

click

control

dot

select all lines and faces of dot

left

click

control

line or face

select all dots of line or face

Movement

left

click and drag

unselected dot

select dot and move selected dots

left

click and drag

selected dot

move selected dots

left

click and drag

control

selected dot

rotate selected dots

right

click and drag

outside selected dots

pan

right

click and drag

selected dot

stretch dots

right

click and drag

control

selected dot

stretch dots with fixed proportions

wheel

roll

anywhere

zoom

Other

wheel

press

anywhere

copy and paste selected lines and faces

wheel

press

control

anywhere

extrude selected lines and faces

Pro tips

To crop your image before uploading, just resize your browser window.

Other help

This was tested in Firefox during development, results in other browsers may vary.

Laptop screens are unkind to the red/cyan images.

Please note that the grayish polarized 3D glasses you get from move theaters nowadays will not work for StereoSketcher.

Some colors work better than others in red/cyan mode. i.e. red doesn't work well.

If you are getting the images to line up in parallel or cross viewing, but the image is weird or even 3D in the wrong direction, you might be using the wrong view mode - try switching view modes. Also have a look at this image: